Daming pirates

After sending Li Yi away, Yu Xiaotian had Zhang Hu's dog-headed military advisor, Master Xing, brought to his residence.

Even though Master Xing was very arrogant on Nanri Island when Zhang Hu was here, at this time, he was already scared out of his wits and spoke a little erratically. As soon as he was brought to Yu Xiaotian, he knelt down with tears streaming down his face.

They kowtowed repeatedly on the ground.

Before Xiaotian could say anything, he knelt and crawled to Yu Xiaotian's feet, hugged one of Yu Xiaotian's feet and cried loudly, begging Yu Xiaotian to spare his life.

Yu Xiaotian despises such a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. When the villain is in power, this kind of person can pull as much as 2,580,000 people, but once he loses power, even if he is asked to eat shit, he can do it.

If this guy hadn't mastered many secrets about Zhang Hu, Yu Xiaotian would definitely not have left him alive, and would have chopped him up and thrown him into the sea to feed the bastard.

But now Yu Xiaotian knew that he couldn't kill this guy yet, so he could only hold back his nausea, kicked Master Xing aside with his toes, and snorted coldly: "Don't cry like this, I asked you to come here today."

, not

I want to kill you, but you'd better think about it. If you want to live, it's not impossible, but it depends on your performance! I have something to ask you. If you answer truthfully, I will leave you a message.

What about life?"

When Master Xing heard that there was still a way to survive, he quickly put away his crying, wiped his eyes with his sleeves, knelt on the ground and replied respectfully: "Yes, yes! If the boss has anything to say, just ask, the younger one will definitely

Tell me everything you know, and tell me everything you know! As long as you know what you know, you will never dare to hide anything from the boss!"

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "You know the best. If you want to live, give me a reason for you to live. You must know what your reputation was in Nanri Island before. People who want you dead

But there are quite a few. Whether you can give me a reason to let you live depends on your performance."

When Master Xing heard this, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat. He actually knew better than anyone else that he had offended Wang Hong, Fang An and others and their subordinates a lot here before. Now that these people have gained power, they must want him dead.

It won't be less, so if he doesn't show some skills, then this little life may not be saved.

So he quickly kowtowed and agreed, repeatedly promising that Yu Xiaotian would be satisfied.

"Okay! I'll believe you for the time being! Now tell me who Zhang Hu had contact with in Fujian and Fuzhou's government. How can you make the government ignore you? Specifically, who do you serve?

, how much is the annual investment, and how

Contact them! Think about these things clearly and tell me everything. If everything is true after I verify it, then your life will be saved!" Yu Xiaotian took a sip from the tea bowl and said to the kneeling man.

Master Xing on the ground asked.

After hearing this, Mr. Xing thought for a moment and said quickly: "This little one knows! Zhang Hu's previous matters were all handled by the little one for him. The little one even kept an account book and kept it carefully.

Here! As long as you find the account book, it will be clear at a glance!

What Master Yu asked was very true. In fact, the reason why Zhang Hu has been able to survive here for so many years is not that the government is afraid of him, but that the officials have benefited from it, so they turned a blind eye to him.

From the governor's yamen to Fuzhou Prefecture, as well as the county yamen below, Zhang Hu would send people to send some for service every year.

Moreover, Zhang Hu usually does not harass the villages and towns on the shore nearby, so after these officials have benefited, they will naturally stop trying to suppress the Shark Gang!"

When Yu Xiaotian heard this, he immediately asked: "Where are the account books now? Find them for me quickly!"

Upon hearing this, Master Xing quickly nodded in agreement. Yu Xiaotian waved to Zhao Si to take him down. More than an hour later, Master Xing was brought back by Zhao Si with a sad face. Zhao Si presented a dilapidated account book to Yu Xiaotian.

before.

Yu Xiaotian briefly browsed through it and immediately asked: "Why is there only half a copy?"

Master Xing replied with a mournful face: "Please forgive me, sir. I usually hide this account book under the bed, but these days there is a bit of chaos in the village. I don't know who found this account book. It took me a long time to find it in a corner of the yard."

I found that half of the book had been torn up and put away for public use!"

Several black lines immediately appeared on Yu Xiaotian's forehead. When he captured the Dazhai of Nanri Island, he also ordered his men to pay special attention to books and some account books when searching the residences of these key figures.

Once the items are found, they should be kept properly and handed over to him for investigation.

But these guys obviously didn't take this matter to heart. After someone found the account book, they took it and wiped it. As a result, only half of the account book was still damaged.

After Yu Xiaotian looked through it, he couldn't make out anything. He only saw some random things marked on it, so he asked: "What do these markings mean? Why are they not people's names?"

Master Xing hurriedly lay on the ground and replied: "Back to the big boss, when I was doing accounting in the past, I was worried that someone would get the account book and leak the information and cause trouble, so when I was doing accounting, I was afraid

The name is not directly marked, but something is used instead. Even if the average person sees it, if they don’t understand what it is, they won’t know what is recorded in it! So it’s not surprising that the big boss can’t understand it! But in the little heart, most people

If you still remember, you can tell the boss one by one!"

When Yu Xiaotian heard that this guy actually knew this kind of confidentiality measure, it was a bit interesting. It showed that this guy was still very smart. He kept the accounts without leaving his name and only used some code names to replace them. This way it ensured that there were

It is well documented and unknown to outsiders, so this is a good idea.

"Okay! I will give you a room. You go down first. I will ask someone to bring you pen, ink, paper and inkstone. You can carefully recall it for me and re-compile an official list of people who need to be managed.

As well as the amount of investment that will be given to them every year, there must be no omissions, exaggeration or shrinkage! It must be detailed. Once I find out that there are falsehoods or omissions in it, I will not let you go!" Yu Xiaotian said in a deep voice.

Master Xing shouted.

Master Xing shivered with fright and kowtowed again, saying that he must remember it carefully to ensure that there would be no omissions or mistakes.

After Master Xing was taken down, he spent a whole day flipping through the old broken account book, sorting out the memories in his mind, and making a new list and account book for Yu Xiaotian, trying to keep as many things as possible

After sorting out the memories, he compiled an account book again, and then asked Zhao Si to submit it to Yu Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian immediately conducted a careful review, and was really shocked by what he saw. Zhang Hu has had a lot of people in charge over the years, but there are no serious officials in charge of the imperial court. Basically, they are from various government offices.

For some of the staff, the amount of silver they manage varies greatly depending on their status.

The highest ones are the two people from the Governor's Yamen and the Fuzhou Government Yamen. The one from the Governor's Yamen is called Li Qibai, and the one from the Fuzhou Government Yamen is named Meng Tiancheng. Both of them are aides in charge of the Governor's Yamen and Fuzhou Government Yamen.

Shang is the official's confidant.

Therefore, Zhang Hu gave more than two thousand taels of silver to these two people every year, and the rest of the people's bribes ranged from hundreds to dozens of taels. In total, Yu Xiaotian calculated that the bribes given to these people alone were

The silver taels used required nearly 8,000 taels of silver.

This is a huge amount of expenditure, even more than the entire Zhang Hu's consumption to maintain the Shark Gang. After seeing this figure, Yu Xiaotian couldn't help but nod a little.

No wonder Zhang Hu is extorting money in this area. It turns out that this guy's burden is really not light! Feeding these guys is a huge expense. If you don't make money, you really can't take care of such a huge expense.

After reading the list, Yu Xiaotian asked Zhao Si to bring Master Xing over again and asked them carefully how they had contacted these people in the past.

Master Xing hurriedly explained: "Actually, there is no need to bother. In the past, every June and before the end of the year, I would go to the mainland with the banknotes from Baotong Bank. After sending people to vote for greetings, I would invite these people out.

, just present the banknote! After these people receive the banknote, they can go to Baotong Bank to exchange it for cash or copper coins at any time.

Moreover, these people are also very knowledgeable. They never say much after taking the money, and they don’t interact too much with each other. Even when the Shark Gang comes ashore to do errands, they all turn a blind eye and just get by!"

After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "Very good! Mr. Xing, it seems that you have been quite honest in the past two days. Let me put your head on your neck for the time being. As for your wife and children, I will tell you later."

I will also send people to release them, and I will return your old courtyard to you!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Xing quickly kowtowed and thanked him. He couldn't hide the excitement on his face. He wanted to rush forward, hug Yu Xiaotian's feet and kiss her hard for a few times. He was so excited that he even shed tears again.

Yu Xiaotian asked him to calm down, and then said: "I will save your life for you first. I will see whether you can do things well before making a final decision. If you are obedient and do things for me well, I will not do it in the future."

I’m treating you badly, but if you don’t behave honestly, hum!…”

"I don't dare! The little one doesn't dare! The little one definitely doesn't dare! Don't worry, Mr. Master, the little one will serve him wholeheartedly. If the big master has anything to do, he will just give you instructions. The little one will never dare not work hard.

"Master Xing shook his head like a rattle and promised again and again.

"That's good. I'll send someone to accompany you on land in a few days. This is the list again. You go and meet them all and tell them that although the Shark Gang is gone and Zhang Hu is dead,

But I won’t give them any penny less for their investment. I need them to turn a blind eye to us in the future. As long as they don’t cause trouble for me, I can give them more investment in the future.

Some!

As for how to tell them, you think about it, I'm too lazy to care. In short, there is only one thing, which is to stabilize them for me and don't let them think that I have cut off their money. Zhang Hu can support them, so I will

Xiaotian can afford to support them and will not let them suffer at all!" Yu Xiaotian waved the list to Master Xing and said.

After hearing this, Master Xing quickly nodded in agreement and was taken down.

(Today, I would like to express my special thanks to brothers Lehu 1 and 6 for the reward! Your support is the driving force for me to move forward! Thank you very much!)